APPENDIX 743 



Surgeons, and by persons holding the Highland and Agricultural Society's 

 diploma. 



Entries, Subscriptions, Declarations of Forfeit, and Acceptances 

 for Races. 



68. Every entry shall close, and every declaration of forfeit or acceptance shall 

 be fixed to be made at 10 P.M., and upon Tuesday only, except in the case of races 

 closing within four days of their being run. 



69. All entries made elsewhere than at the Registry Office (except entries made 

 during the week of, or on the Saturday preceding, the meeting) shall be lodged at 

 that office within forty-eight hours, or, if intended for publication in the next 

 Calendar, within twelve hours, after the day of closing. 



In default of observance of this rule, the receiver of nominations shall be 

 reported to the Stewards of the National Hunt Committee, and unless the nomi- 

 nator can prove to their satisfaction that the entry was made in due time, it shall 

 be void. 



70. The list of entries shall be closed at the advertised time, and no entry shall 

 be admitted on any ground after that time. 



71. An entry or subscription may, before the time of closing, be altered or 

 withdrawn. 



72. In any race where there shall be any particular conditions required as a 

 qualification to start, such conditions shall extend to the time of starting. 



73. Form of Entry or Nomination. - (i) Entries and declarations of forfeit shall 

 be made in writing, or by telegraph (which shall be equally binding), to be con- 

 firmed in writing, and shall be signed by the owner of the horse, or of the engage- 

 ment, or by some person authorised by him. 



(ii) (a) An entry by telegraph must be confirmed in writing before the time 

 of weighing, or the horse shall not be qualified to start. 



(Ji) A declaration of forfeit by telegraph must be confirmed in writing at the 

 earliest opportunity, or the forfeit shall not be saved. 



74. A horse cannot be entered in the real or assumed name of any person as 

 his owner unless that person's interest or property in the horse is at least equal to 

 that of any other one person, and has been so registered. 



75. In entering a horse for the first time for any race under these rules he 

 shall be described by stating a name, the colour (when possible), and whether a 

 horse, mare, or gelding, and the Calendar or Stud-book names of his sire and 

 dam. If the dam was covered by more than one stallion the names of all must 

 be stated. If the sire or dam has no name in the Calendar or Stud-book, such 

 further pedigree and description must be added as will clearly distinguish the 

 horse entered from all other horses, and if the pedigree of the sire or dam be 

 unknown, such further particulars as to where, when, and from whom the horse 

 was purchased or obtained must be given as will identify him. 



NOTE. Any horse for which a name has been registered under the Rules of 

 Racing shall be run under the same name under these Rules, subject to provisions 

 of Rule 79. 



76. The entry shall be in the name or assumed name of one person, and shall 

 state the name, or assumed name, of the owner, the name of the horse, and the 

 age he will be at the time of the race. 



77. The name and description of the horse must be repeated in every entry 

 until he has run under these rules, and a report of the race has been published in 

 the "Racing Calendar." In any entry after such publication it will be sufficient 

 to enter him by his name and with his age only. 



78. When entering under a new ownership, a horse which has run previously 

 under these rules, the name of the person who last ran the horse must be attached 

 to every entry until the horse has run again unoer these rules. 



79. Whenever the name of a horse which has run at any recognised meeting 

 in any country is changed, his old name as well as his new name and his descrip- 

 tion, must be given in every entry until the change has been published in the 

 Book Calendar of Steeple Chases Past. 



80. An entry of a horse for a race with the wrong age, or an incorrect or 



